McDonald’s has replaced its famous Happy Meal toys with Roald Dahl books in its New Zealand stores to encourage children to read more. The fast food chain will hand out 800,000 books by the beloved children’s author for the next six weeks. Six specially-created books will be given to young diners as part of the Happy Meal programme, including Wonderful Mr Willy Wonka, Matilda, Fantabuluos BFG, Lucky Charlie Bucket, Brave Little Sophie and Marvellous Miss Honey.

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Many people have skinny friends who claim not to gain weight even if they eat unhealthily. They may not be lying. Several pieces of DNA turn out to be associated with lower body weight, suggesting a genetic basis for slimness. The findings also suggests thinness may be heritable.

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An integral part of the scrappy startup experience is bootstrapping. But as your company grows, you need more than that initial investment to keep you going. So when do you make the transition to looking for external investments?

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Tappy may sound harmless and was designed to torture smartphones, however it now plays a central role in an international espionage case involving Huawei, the world’s largest telecom equipment supplier and second-largest smartphone maker.

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Facebook has run a program  to collect intimate user data from paid volunteers for the past three years, according to a new report. Techcrunch reported that the company has been paying people ages as young as 13 years old as much as $20 a month in exchange for an app called Facebook Research on iOs or Android.

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A teenager in Hong Kong has developed an app  that could help millions of Alzheimer’s patients. The app, which leverages on AI and facial recognition tech, has even impressed the likes of Bill Gates and Alibaba’s Joseph Tsai.

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The younger members of the workforce remain a mystery to employers everywhere, with many misconceptions about what Gen Y & Z employees actually want out of a job. WOBB released a report on exactly that, with some surprising findings.

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In an unexpected turn of events, Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing giants, Grab, have started to integrate video streaming (via HOOQ) on their app.

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Research analysis by faculty in Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and two other schools found that moderate level of piracy can have a positive impact on the bottom line for both the manufacturer and retailer -- and not at the expense of the consumers.

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We’re all guilty of procrastinating every once in a while, but apart from “laziness” we rarely stop to think why we do this or how we can avoid it. Turns out, emotional intelligence can be used to reframe your goals and halt procrastination in its tracks.

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